Last year, the Daytime Emmys were watched by 5.5 million viewers on CBS. But this year, CBS and fellow big four broadcast networks Fox, ABC and NBC declined to air the show, and many thought it would be relegated to online streaming until HLN gave it a home.

The Daytime Emmys gave HLN its most-watched regularly scheduled non-news broadcast in the network’s history. According to Nielsen, 2 million viewers watched the five broadcasts of the Daytime Emmys.